Graduate Students
Hey, this is Yogendra Ramtirtha (yogi). I joined IISER-Pune (and the lab) as a Ph.D. student in August, 2014. I did my Integrated M.Sc. Biotechnology from Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU).
Research Interests:I am interested in studying micro-environment of amino acid residues in protein structures that undergo post-translational modfications and also to study how do these modifications bring about changes in interactions between different proteins. In my free time, I like to go out on a trip, read some articles related to history, watching movies and listening to music.
e-mail: yogendra.ramtirtha@students.iiserpune.ac.in
I am originally from Mumbai and did my Bachelor's in Microbiology from the Ramnarain Ruia College affiliated to the University of Mumbai. I joined as an Integrated PhD student in IISER in the year 2014. Even though a PhD in computational biology was not what I had in mind initially, I found it interesting and stuck with it! I like reading fiction, watching TV shows, listening to music and creating artsy stuff in my free time.
Research Interests:The primary research goal for my PhD involves delineating rules that dictate specificity between DNA and proteins. Even though for certain structural families there is a recognition code, our goal is to establish molecular level similarities that are topology independent and universally applicable. This ambitious project has far reaching consequences as it could lead to design of proteins specifically targeting regions of interest on the genome and thus having wide ranging applications in revolutionizing agriculture, medicine and gene editing techniques.
e-mail: sanjana.nair@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Tejashree Kanitkar
I did my Masters in Bioinformatics from Bioinformatics Centre, SPPU.I have been associated with this lab since 2016 and joined as a PhD student in 2017. I am a foodie and listening to music is my hobby.
Research Interests:I am currently working on developing a tool for protein structure refinement.I am interested in working on aspects of GPCR signal transduction mechanism.
e-mail: kanitkar.tejashreerajaram@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Atreyi Chakraborty
I completed my Bachelors in Life Sciences from Presidency University, Kolkata in 2017 and Masters in Bioinformatics from Banaras Hindu University in 2019. I joined the lab for pursuing PhD in August 2019. In my free time, I love reading novels, watching movies and doodling.
Research Interests:My interest is to understand the role of conserved DNA sequence motifs across the genome. The aim is to study these motifs along with the rules of DNA protein specificity and establish the biological significance of the non-coding part of the genome.
e-mail: chakraborty.atreyi@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Mukundan S
I graduated from the National Institute of Science Education and Research(NISER), Bhubaneswar, with an integrated Masters degree in biology. Outside work, I like playing computer games and tinkering.
Research Interests:Study of local interactions in proteins, Scoring protein models and protein design.
e-mail: s.mukundan@students.iiserpune.ac.inRA & Project Students
He completed his BS-MS dual degree (Interdiciplinary Science) from IISER, Pune. He pursued his final year research project on structure determination of Intermediate Filament in our lab at BII, Singapore in 2012.
Subsequently, he joined our Lab at IISER Pune as a Research Fellow in 2013, continuing the modeling of keratin structure. He is interested in developing tools to solve biological problems using mathematical and computational geometric approaches.
Some of the tools developed by him are Disctransformation, Cell_list, CoulombPP, MVCG that are currently been used in the lab extensively.
Research Interests:
Currently, he is working on multiple research projects such as Keratin
filament
structure prediction, Protein-Ligand binding, Sumoylation Database Server
(available
locally at: http://192.168.8.252/sumo-server.com/public_html/),
CLICK.
Apart from coding, he loves
playing
chess
and riding bike.
e-mail: neelesh.soni@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Golding Rodrigues completed his Bachelors Degree in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. Prior to joining the COSPI lab he earned a Masters Degree in Bioinformatics, in 2017, from the Rajiv Gandhi School of Information Technology and Biotechnology at Bharati Vidyapeeth University. Outside of work he is an avid reader, enjoys computer gaming and watching football.
Research InterestsHis current work is largely centered on antibodies.
e-mail: golding@students.iiserpune.ac.in
UnderGrad Students
I am a 4th-year BS-MS student at IISER Pune and a KVPY fellow. I joined the lab during my 6th semester (January 2020). I love to read manga, play chess, and watch quirky things like "Rick and Morty" and "The Room". I definitely like memes.
Research InterestsMy broad research interests are in algorithm development and machine learning. I am currently working on a prediction tool to predict metal interaction with proteins using deep neural networks."
e-mail: samarendra.pani@students.iiserpune.ac.in
I'm a third year undergrad majoring in mathematics. I joined the lab in 2020 to do a semester project. Outside of science, I find languages and history - and learning about them - very fun. To unwind, I like to watch TV shows, listen to podcasts, and go on the occasional trek to the Ghats.
Research InterestsMy interests are broadly in the theory of complex systems and its applications in biology. I am working on finding structural motifs that repeatedly occur in the same environment. Recently, I have become very interested in fields such as evolutionary dynamics and collective behaviour in animal flocks.
e-mail: gaurav.athreya@students.iiserpune.ac.in
I am a BS-MS 2017-22 student at IISER Pune, currently in the fourth year. I joined the lab in December 2019. I enjoy going on treks, reading graphic novels and playing an occasional game of chess.
Research InterestsMy broad research interests lie in the field of mathematical and computational biology. Currently, I am working on a machine learning method to predict missing elements from microenvironments in proteins.
e-mail: shubhankar.londhe@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Scientific Programmer
Gulzar Singh
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आप ही गोया मुसाफ़िर आप ही मंज़िल हूँ मैं
Bachelors in Biotechnology. Masters in Bioinformatics.
Interests:
Interested in understanding the functioning of Body and Universe.
Research interests include Genetics, Proteomics, Epigenetics, Bioinfomatics
Algorithms & tools.
About Me:
Likes anime, comics, sketching, Shayari, gardening, flowers, bees, Programming,
Coding gadgets(not earning enough to buy much).
Loner, yet friendly, you can talk with me anytime.
e-mail: gulzar@iiserpune.ac.in